Cauldron of Resistance - Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam

Klappentext Jessica M. Chapman is Assistant Professor of History at Williams College. Zusammenfassung In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and provided substantial economic aid and advice to the RVN. Because...

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• Authors: Jessica M Chapman, Jessica M. Chapman
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781501725104
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-2510-4
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: United States in the World; United States in the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous